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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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