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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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