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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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