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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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