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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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