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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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