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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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