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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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