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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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