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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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