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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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