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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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