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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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