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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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