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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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