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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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