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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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