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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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