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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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