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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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