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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC 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 Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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