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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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