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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines 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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