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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach 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 Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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