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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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