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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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