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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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