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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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