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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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