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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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