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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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