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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach 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 Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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