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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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