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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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