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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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