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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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