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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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