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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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