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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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