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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online 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 organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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