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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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