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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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