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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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