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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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