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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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