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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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