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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors 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 business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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