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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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