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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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