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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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