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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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