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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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