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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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