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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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