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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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