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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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