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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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