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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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