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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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