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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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