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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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