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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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