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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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