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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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