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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open 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 organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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