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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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