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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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