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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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