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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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