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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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