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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts 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 dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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