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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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