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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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