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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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