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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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