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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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