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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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