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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators 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 models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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