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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers 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 Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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