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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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