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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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