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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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