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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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