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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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