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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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