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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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