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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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