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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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