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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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