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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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