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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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