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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers 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 Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources