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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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