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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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