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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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