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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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