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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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