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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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