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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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