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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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