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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers 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 Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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