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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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