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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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