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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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