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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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