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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators 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 different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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