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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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