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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the 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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