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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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