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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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