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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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