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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)