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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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