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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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