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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers 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 models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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