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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators 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 Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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