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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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