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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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