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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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