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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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