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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that educators 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 different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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