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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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