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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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