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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers 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 organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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