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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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