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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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