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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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