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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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