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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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