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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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