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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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