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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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