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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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