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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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