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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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