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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators 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 business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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