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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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