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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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