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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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