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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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