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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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