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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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