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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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