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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not 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 subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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