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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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