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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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