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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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