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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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