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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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