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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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