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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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