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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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