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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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