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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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