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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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