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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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