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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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