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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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