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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators 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 business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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