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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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