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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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