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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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