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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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