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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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