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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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