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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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