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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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