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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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