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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses 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 Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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