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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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