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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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