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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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