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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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