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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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