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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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