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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators 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 organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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