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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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