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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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