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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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