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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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