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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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