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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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