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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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