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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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