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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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