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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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