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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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