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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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