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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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