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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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