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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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