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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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