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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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