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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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