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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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