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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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