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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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