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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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