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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers 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 models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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