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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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