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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed 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 France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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