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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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