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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers 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 Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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