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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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