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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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