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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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