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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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