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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators 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 models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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