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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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