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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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