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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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