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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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