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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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