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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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