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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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