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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that educators 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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