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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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