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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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