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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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