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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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