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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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