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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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