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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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