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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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