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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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