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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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