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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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