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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers 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 Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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