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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online 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 Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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