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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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