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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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