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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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