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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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