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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online 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 Niue to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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