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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online 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 organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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