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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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