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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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