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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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