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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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