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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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