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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open 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 Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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