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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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