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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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