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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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