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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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