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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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