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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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