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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers 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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