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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee 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 Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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