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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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