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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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