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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also describes 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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