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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure 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 organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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