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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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