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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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