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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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