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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines 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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