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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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