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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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