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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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