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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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