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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers 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 institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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