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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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