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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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