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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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