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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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