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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the 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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