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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education