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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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