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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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