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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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