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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online 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 Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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