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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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