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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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