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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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