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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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