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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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 typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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