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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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