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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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