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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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