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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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