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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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