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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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