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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online 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 institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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