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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because 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 stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed 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 models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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