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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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