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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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