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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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