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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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