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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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