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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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