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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify 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 Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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