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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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