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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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