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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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