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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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