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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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