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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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