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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today 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 organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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