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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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