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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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