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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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