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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors 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 models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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