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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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