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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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