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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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