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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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