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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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