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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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