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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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