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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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