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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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