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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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