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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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