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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC 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 edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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