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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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