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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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