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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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