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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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