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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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