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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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