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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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