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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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