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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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