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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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