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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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