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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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