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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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