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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online 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 Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the 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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