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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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