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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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