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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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