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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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