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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach 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 Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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