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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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