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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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