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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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