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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources