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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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