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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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