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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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