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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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