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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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