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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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