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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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