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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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