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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can stakeholders ensure 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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