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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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