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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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