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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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