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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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