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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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