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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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