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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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