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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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