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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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