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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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