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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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