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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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