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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)