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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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