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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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