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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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