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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in 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. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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