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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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