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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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