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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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