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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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