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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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