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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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