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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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