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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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