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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors 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 business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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