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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education