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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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