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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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