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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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