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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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