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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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