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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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