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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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