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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors 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 business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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