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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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