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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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