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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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