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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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