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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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