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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators 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 models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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