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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes 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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