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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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