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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 massive open online courses. New developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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