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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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