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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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