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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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