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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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