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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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