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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure 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 different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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