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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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