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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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