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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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