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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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