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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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