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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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