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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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