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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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