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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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