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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers 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 business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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