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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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