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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. 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 massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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