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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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