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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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