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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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