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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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