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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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