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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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