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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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