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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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