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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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