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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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