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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers 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 California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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