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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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