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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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