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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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