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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online 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 business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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