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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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