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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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