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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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