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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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