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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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