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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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