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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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