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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources