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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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