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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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