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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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