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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach 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 Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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