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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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