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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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