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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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