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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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