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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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