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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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