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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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