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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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