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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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