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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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