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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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