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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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