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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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