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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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