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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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