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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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