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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers 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 Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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