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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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