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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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