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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured 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 models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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