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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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