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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers 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 Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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