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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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