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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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