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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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