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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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