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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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