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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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