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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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