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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers 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 organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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