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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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