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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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