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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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