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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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