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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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