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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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