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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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