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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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