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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches 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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