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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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