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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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