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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources