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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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