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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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