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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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