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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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