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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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