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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers 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 The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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