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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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