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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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