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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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