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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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