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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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