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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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