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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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