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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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