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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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