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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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