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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers 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 organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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