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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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