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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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