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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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