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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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