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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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