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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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