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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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