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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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