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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers 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 institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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