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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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