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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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