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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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