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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major 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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