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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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