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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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