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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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