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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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